Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 7

Other North Carolina Arts: Music sets

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.CN

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    Relate musical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.7.CN.1

    1. 1

      Analyze how individuals and groups of musicians have influenced various cultures.7.CN.1.1

    2. 2

      Identify musical skills and processes that are a part of, and can be applied to, daily life.7.CN.1.2

    3. 3

      Explain why musical choices are made to evoke sensory, emotional, personal, or intellectual responses in media.7.CN.1.3

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    Explore advancements in the field of music.7.CN.2

    1. 1

      Identify musical skills, characteristics, and behaviors that contribute to success in college, career, and post-secondary skills.7.CN.2.1

    2. 2

      Identify how various tools and innovations can be used to create, edit, and present music.7.CN.2.2

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.CR

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    Create original musical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.7.CR.1

    1. 1

      Improvise short melodic patterns over a rhythmic or harmonic accompaniment.7.CR.1.1

    2. 2

      Compose original rhythmic ideas and melodic ideas using simple musical forms through notation or recording that incorporate grade-level appropriate rhythms and pitches.7.CR.1.2

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    Adapt original musical ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.7.CR.2

    1. 1

      Arrange a rhythmic variation on a given musical phrase.7.CR.2.1

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      Identify the legal and ethical issues for creating arrangements of music.7.CR.2.2

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.PR

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    Perform music from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.7.PR.1

    1. 1

      Apply feedback from instructor, peers, and self to refine musical presentations, compositions.7.PR.1.1

    2. 2

      Read standard notation to perform or produce music in treble or bass clef in mixed meters where the beat remains consistent.7.PR.1.2

    3. 3

      Perform or produce a variety of music in two-part harmony focused on a monophonic texture.7.PR.1.3

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      Demonstrate the meaning of symbols and terminology for changes in tempos, dynamics, and articulations in an expanded range of forms with appropriate technique when performing or producing music.7.PR.1.4

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    Develop musical presentations.7.PR.2

    1. 1

      Compare selections for a musical presentation based on a distinct purpose or context.7.PR.2.1

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      Use student-generated criteria to evaluate audience or performer etiquette appropriate for a variety of contexts.7.PR.2.2

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.RE

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    Analyze musical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres including response through moving, singing, playing instruments, or content-specific vocabulary.7.RE.1

    1. 1

      Identify symbols and terminology for changes in tempos, dynamics, and articulations in an expanded range of forms in aural and written musical works.7.RE.1.1

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      Describe how personal experiences and perspectives influence interpretations of music.7.RE.1.2

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      Classify a variety of instruments and voices by timbre, including those heard in diverse types of traditional, contemporary, and world music.7.RE.1.3

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    Evaluate musical works using content-specific vocabulary.7.RE.2

    1. 1

      Compare personal preferences for multiple musical works.7.RE.2.1

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      Evaluate personal musical presentations, compositions, and musical ideas, using given criteria.7.RE.2.2

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 7
Where can I read the official document?
NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY K - 12 Music

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